Andy Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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We can’t all be lion tamers. But I would rather be eaten than be the clown. Rage against the dying of the Enlightenment
Why Evolution Is True
Jerry A. CoyneAndyDelighted that Jerry Coyne (Why Evolution Is True) has picked up on my latest critique of Steven Novella's anti-scientific views about the nature of sex. https://t.co/A7adb6j2IH
Paperback, 2010
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Upton SinclairAndy@glutinos1 @OLarsenB @Chris_English_1 @chunkindorley @RosySystem @Berenger_x @LasciviousFox @kgooglywoogly @thannywashere @ixxypup @TellusQ @PoesMyaa @Paul62753492 @FerreousBearous @MorgothArc @ZeraFoxGibbon @duffster84 @Transsomething @guardian One of us does not understand. You have not been doing too well in the understanding stakes recently. You are a textbook example of motivated reasoning. As Upton Sinclair almost said,
Paperback, 2022
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The Blind Watchmaker: Why the Evidence of Evolution Reveals a Universe Without Design
Richard DawkinsAndy@Vigdis_Herja @Asssddggdss @Zirnike @EmanueleCirani @gc_feminist @AnsgarTOdinson @SpiritKing11 @Unity_MoT @AtheisticSnail @Murphnik Richard Dawkins famously defended the idea of hierarchical reductionism as central to science in his book The Blind Watchmaker. That is what science does. It builds models of nature that can be tested empirically. Thos models are reductionist in their very nature.
Paperback, 2015
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Irreversible Damage: The Transgender Craze Seducing Our Daughters
Abigail ShrierAndy@KirstieMAllsopp @sharrond62 Irreversible Damage by Abigail Shrier goes into some detail on this question. https://t.co/erJP4WKH0Y
Paperback, 2021
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Time to Think
Hannah BarnesAndy@PerplexedSeal @Hexmaster7 @KatieInBoston1 @Tootsloots @BigWhiteFireDog Before you go on, I have read "Time to Think' by Hannah Barnes which used about 100 interviews with clinical staff to understand its history and practices. I suspect you have not. But please go on.
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The Descent of Man
Grayson PerryAndy@Tintern_Film @DaveAlexanderID @Unity_MoT @EddieIzzardLab Few transvestites admit this of course. Grayson Perry discusses this in his excellent book The Descent of Man.
Paperback, 2017
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The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion--Abridged Edition
James FrazerAndy@Caspar9994 @ProfAliceS @Uni_of_Essex That is what I was thinking about. It is an old classification of magic based on contagion -described by James Frazer in The Golden Bough. What you touch has influence on you.
Paperback, 1998
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The Works of Charles Darwin, Volume 5: The Zoology of the Voyage of the H. M. S. Beagle, Part III: Birds
Charles DarwinAndy@CompostTraining @Unity_MoT @RenHavingFun @OuroborosSouth @LiegeOf @thornyjulius I want to help you. Let's go through some worked examples. When Charles Darwin wrote so much about peafowl, why did he call the brown birds in this courtship ritual the female ones? https://t.co/SPE4Cu07Kt
Paperback, 2010
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